#1Famous people · Gahanna
5 famous people come from Gahanna, Nate Linhart the best known
Most widely known is Nate Linhart, the American basketball player, with articles in 12 languages. The next two names are Jonathon Cooper and Georgia Schweitzer. Since 1970, 5 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.4, while at least half the towns in Ohio list nobody born there.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Nate Linhart
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1979
Georgia Schweitzer
Youngest
1999
Braden Eves
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Gahanna’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Gahanna’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 2.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Gahanna
All three are athletes.
#1
#2GS#3
Sports
Georgia Schweitzer
born 1979Former American collegiate and professional basketball player
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Still to come: 2 more, from 1988 to 1999.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Gahanna.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gahanna and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (4)
- Nate Linhart: Reuven Frizi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathon Cooper: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hughes: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simone Biles: Ocoudis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons